In Croatia, Bahić families are mainly Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ), less frequently Bosniaks (also from Nova Gradiska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Gradacac area) and in Koprivnica.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Bahić live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Rijeka (15), Zagreb (<5), Vodnjan in Pula area (<5), Uskoci in Nova Gradiska area (<5), and in Pula (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.